1. My Furry Valentine
Find your furrever friend at Greater Cincinnati’s largest annual pet adoption event, where you can meet adoptable animals from numerous shelters and rescues all under one roof. Early bird hours are 10 a.m.-noon Saturday.
Details: noon-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Spooky Nook Sports, 601 N. B St., Hamilton. $25 early bird, $5 general. Myfurryvalentine.com.
This one-day pop culture convention lets you meet local and celebrity artists, including comic book artist Kevin Conrad and voice actress Jennifer Cihi. You can participate in panels and shop vendors of comic books, movies, anime manga, magazines, wrestling, toys, sci-fi, video games, sports cards, apparel and jewelry. There’s an anime trivia contest at 1 p.m., cosplay contest at 4 p.m., and live Sailor Moon concert at 5:30 p.m.
Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.
Details: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Marriott Cincinnati Airport, 2395 Progress Drive, Hebron. $20, free ages 11-under with paid adult admission. northernkycon.com.
Celebrate all things Star Wars Saturday afternoon as our Cincinnati Cyclones take on the Bloomington Bison in a matinee match on the ice. Meet your favorite Star Wars characters while the Cyclones wear special Star Wars jerseys, which will be auctioned off online at the end of the game. May The Force Be With You!
Details: 4 p.m. Saturday, Heritage Bank Center, 100 Broadway, Downtown. $21-up. Cycloneshockey.com.
4. ‘A Room in the Castle’
This world premiere by Lauren Gunderson is a parallel retelling of Hamlet from the perspectives of Ophelia and Gertrude, where the focus shifts to their emotional journey amidst the chaos of the Danish court.
Details: 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Cincinnati Shakespeare Co., 1195 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine. Runs Jan. 24-Feb. 9. $16-up. Cincyshakes.com.
5. ‘Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me a Tenor’
Cincinnati Landmark Productions presents this comedic farce about a famous tenor who faints before a performance and his assistant, who impersonates him.
Details: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Covedale Center for the Performing Arts, 4990 Glenway Ave., West Price Hill. Runs Jan. 23-Feb. 16. $33, $30 seniors and students. Cincinnatilandmarkproductions.com.
6. ‘Hangmen’
It’s 1965. The death penalty has just been abolished in the United Kingdom, and all the townspeople in Oldham want to know what the second-best hangman in the country has to say about it. When he gives an interview disparaging the nation’s number one hangman, trouble walks through the pub door.
Details: 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Falcon Theatre, 636 Monmouth Ave., Newport. Runs Jan. 24-Feb. 8. Falcontheater.net.
Experience the richness and beauty of the cello in this program, which includes Camille Saint-Saens’ Cello Concerto No. 1 featuring Ilya Finkelshteyn. Led by guest conductor Christian Reif, the program also includes Mozart’s Overture to The Magic Flute, a CSO co-commission by Jimmy Lopez, and Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 7.
Details: 11 a.m. Friday, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Music Hall, 1241 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine. Runs Jan. 24-25. $15-up. Cincinnatisymphony.org.
8. Kentucky Symphony Orchestra: Back in the USSR
The KSO recalls the siege of Leningrad, where Dmitri Shostakovick’s wartime Symphony No. 7 was premiered. Sergei Prokoviev’s War and Peace Overture opens the program.
Details: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Northern Kentucky University, Greaves Concert Hall, Louie B Nunn Drive, Highland Heights. $35. kyso.org.
Manifest Gallery opens four new exhibitions, three of which are group exhibitions: Botanical features works of a botanical nature; Mythography is art about narrative; and Prometheus is art about fire. The fourth exhibition, Eternal Cycles, features paintings and prints by Ronna S. Harris and Anthony TungNing Huang. The exhibition runs through Feb. 21.
Details: 7-9 p.m. Friday, Manifest Gallery, 2727 Woodburn Ave., Walnut Hills. Free. manifestgallery.org/exhibits.
Celebrate all things Midwestern, from food to beer to music, at the city’s oldest bar this weekend. Enjoy live music Friday with 46 Long, and on Saturday it’s The Polka Warriors. Both nights feature elevated takes on Midwestern classic food with new chef Korry Wolfgang. You’ll find goetta hanky panky egg rolls, deep-friend pickle rolls, pot roast poutine, a meatloaf sandwich and more for purchase.
Details: 8-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Arnold’s Bar and Grill, 210 E. Eighth St., Downtown.
Jan. 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, commemorating the victims of the Holocaust. This year’s event at Union Terminal features a powerful conversation with survivor Henry Fenichel at 11 a.m., followed by the opportunity to engage with the Dimensions in Testimony exhibit at the Holocaust & Humanity Center, featuring new local Holocaust survivor testimony in an interactive format.
Details: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, Union Terminal, Nancy & David Wolf Holocaust & Humanity Center, 1301 Western Ave., Queensgate. Free. holocaustandhumanity.org.
12. Greater Cincinnati Remodeling Expo
This is the second and final weekend for this remodeling expo. You can get advice on home improvement projects and see the latest trends and products.
Details: noon-6 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Sharonville Convention Center, 11355 Chester Road, Sharonville. $5, free ages under 18. Free parking. Homeshowcenter.com.